Green Majority Radio

Deborah Leipziger starts us off with a conversation about Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Innovation in the sustainability space. In the second half, Rachel Kramer from WWF joins us to talk about illicit wildlife and endangered species trade. Finally Kevin Farmer and host Daryn Caister talk about Harper's laughable "Carbon Free by 2100" promise and the most recent CBC debacle. This is a brief! For full listings and more info about this episode with links etc visit: https://greenmajoritymedia.wordpress.com/2015/06/12/455-food-chain-its-lonely-at-the-top/ Please consider supporting us! - We are 100% Patreon member funded: www.patreon.com/greenmajority

First up is Derek Angove, Director of Processing and Resource Management for the city of Toronto talking about how our recycling programs works. Derek and Daryn discuss some common misconceptions about the program including misunderstandings about what can and can't be recycled, what recycling actually means and some new additions to the program and finally the role of the program in the cities overall budget. In the second half, Journalist Krystyna Henke speaks with American author and sociologist Charles Derber (photo above). He has a new book out, The Disinherited Majority. Building on the recent work of French economist Thomas Piketty, Derber makes a case for re-examining capitalism in the face of widening global inequity and ecological destruction. An activist himself, Derber encourages people to take individual and collective action. This is a brief! For full listings and more info about this episode with links etc visit: https://greenmajoritymedia.wordpress.com/2015/06/05/454-can-we-survive-capitalis

Marcus Hinds is a Engineering Information Analyst who works with energy efficiency in design as well as blogs about a wide variety of environmental topics. Marcus brings us a wide variety of environmental issues to run through this week and Kevin Farmer and host Daryn Caister also bring in some Federal election politics at the end of the program. Pick your poison! There's a lot of scary stuff out there... This is a brief! For full listings and more info about this episode with links etc visit: https://greenmajoritymedia.wordpress.com/2015/05/29/453-environmental-roulette/ Please consider supporting us! - We are 100% Patreon member funded: www.patreon.com/greenmajority

First interview is with Professor Dan Bedford from the faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences at Weber State University, to discuss the science of science denial (particularly climate denial). Second Up is Rob Shirkey, Executive Director of Our Horizon which is focused on lobbying municipal governments to adopt cigarette like warning labels on gas pumps warning of the consequences of climate inaction. This is a brief! For full listings and more info about this episode with links etc visit: https://greenmajoritymedia.wordpress.com/2015/05/22/452-inoculating-nonsense/ Please consider supporting us! - We are 100% Patreon member funded: www.patreon.com/greenmajority

Rich joins us to share some of the data from his presentation at this years Z-Day Conference, called "Moral Agency in a Free Market Economy". The talk explores some counter-intuitive results from studies about human behaviour, and then we examine some examples of how this plays out in our day-to-day life. Yvonne Bambrick about her book The Urban Cycling Survival Guide. Yvonne talks to us about biking infrastructure in Toronto, her thoughts on bike advocacy and working with drivers to make safe spaces for all, and how Toronto compares to other cities. This is a brief! For full listings and more info about this episode with links etc visit: https://greenmajoritymedia.wordpress.com/2015/05/15/452-profit-and-moral-authority/ Please consider supporting us! - We are 100% Patreon member funded: www.patreon.com/greenmajority

Doug Olthuis, Executive Director for the United Steelworkers of Canada joins us as the top of the program to talk about the potential use of Canada Revenue Agency charitable status audits as a political tool to punish and intimidate organizations that operate in odds with the priorities of the current government. Next, Dr. Gordon Edwards, president of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility. A expert on all things nuclear, Dr. Edwards joins us again to talk about several current Canadian nuclear issues as well as comment on the recent Tesla Motors announcement by real-life Tony Stark (Iron Man) Elon Musk. This is a brief! For full listings and more info about this episode with links etc visit: https://greenmajoritymedia.wordpress.com/2015/05/08/451-death-from-taxes/ Please consider supporting us! - We are 100% Patreon member funded: www.patreon.com/greenmajority

Tim Nash, the sustainable economist joins us at the top of the show to talk about the most recent Green Transition Scoreboard report that pegs sustainable investments (investments in sustainable tech, funds, projects etc) at $6.22 TRILLION since 2007. Canadian director - Charles Wilkinson to talk about his films, primarily Haida Gwaii: On The Edge of the World which is currently running at Hot Docs. This is a brief! For full listings and more info about this episode with links etc visit: https://greenmajoritymedia.wordpress.com/2015/05/01/450-the-dam-is-showing-cracks/ Please consider supporting us! - We are 100% Patreon member funded: www.patreon.com/greenmajority

Our main feature this week is a live in studio visit from NDP MP for Beaches-East York in Toronto Mathew Kellway. The best bill you've never heard of is bill C-619: The Climate Change Accountability Act. The bill, currently being presented by Mathew himself is the resurrection of the dead 2010 version that was spearheaded by NDP legend Jack Layton. Why did it die? Not because it didn't pass the house (it did) but because it was killed by the unelected senate (filled with neo-cons and Harper buddies), marking potentially the first time ever this happened in Canada. Beyond Crisis film team join us in the first half of the show to talk to us about their ongoing documentary film project. Beyond Crisis set out to cover the People's Climate March in NYC that saw 400,000 people from all over the world crowd the streets of NYC to demand climate action now. This is a brief! For full listings and more info about this episode with links etc visit: https://greenmajoritymedia.wordpress.com/2015/04/24/449-beyond-rhetoric

First up this week, Ryan O'Connor author of "First Green Wave: Pollution Probe and the Origins of Environmental Activism in Ontario". Before there was Greenpeace, Environmental Defence, Ecojustice, Sierra Club or any other of the hundreds of large and small environmental organizations in Canada today there was Pollution Probe. Started by a few students and faculty at the University of Toronto back in 1969, Pollution Probe but environmental protection and activism on the map with a series of small and big wins protecting Canadians from burning rivers, toxic smokestacks and rampant litter. Ryan walks us through an outline of his book on the history of Pollution Probe and comments on the contrast between 1970's environmentalism in Canada and today. Jo Royle, Officer for the Pew Charitable Trusts with the Global Ocean Legacy program about the very recent announcement by the UK government to approve the Pitcairn Islands Marine Reserve which is now the worlds largest fully protected marine space. We talk to Jo abo

First up a surprise visit (even to me!) from the original show founder, Jordan Poppenk who came into the studio today to support us. We get a few, very well said words from Jordan about the changing times between when he started the show back in September 2006 and "climate" of environmentalism today. Second guest was Antony Upward, graduate of York University with a Masters of Environmental Studies in Business Model Design and Sustainability, an OCAD University Industry Partner at the Strategic Innovation Lab, a co-founder of the Lab’s Strongly Sustainable Business Model Group and the convening entrepreneur for the Flourishing Business Toolkit project. Antony joins us today to talk about the Flourishing Business Canvas, and why it matters. Last but not least Andrew Gage, Climate Change and Environmental Legal Aid director for West Coast Environmental Law Association joins us to comment on an blog he wrote about the extreme nature of the RCMP documents that Greenpeace Canada got through and access to informa

The show starts with some quick commentary about "online trolls" and whether or not there's any point to engaging with them on environmental issues like climate change. Our main feature this week is an interview with TVO's The Water Brothers! Alex and Tyler Mifflin join us to talk about some of the most exciting parts of filming their eco-adventure show, some timely news items about water including the ongoing water crisis in California, and what to expect from season three. Lastly, our hosts wrap up the show with a quick roundtable about modern news media and climate change reporting. Please consider supporting us! - We are 100% Patreon member funded: www.patreon.com/greenmajority For full listings and more info about this episode with links etc visit: https://greenmajoritymedia.wordpress.com/2015/04/03/446-water-brothers/

We begin the show with a discussion of the recent TTC (metro) shutdown in Toronto due to the rivers of pollution running underneath the city, highlighting the pollution itself but also the attitude towards the value of public services like education and transit in Canada. Despite out best efforts, we didn't end up being able to be at the Green Living Show this year. However, we did end up having David Gray-Donald a student and "les militants" from Quebec who helped us understand some of the differences and disconnections between activism between French and English Canada. We spoke about the ongoing austerity protests, climate, pipelines and more. Stefan leads us in our final segment, with some thoughts on the ongoing student/TA strikes in Toronto and does an excellent job leading us in a short roundtable on the place for communal resources and the value of an education (and other public goods) to tie the show up in a neat little package! Please consider supporting us! - We are 100% Patreon member funded: w

Joanna Kerr, Executive Director for Greenpeace Canada joins us to talk about her experience speaking to the Commons Standing Committee reviewing Bill C-51, where among other things she was asked if she wasn't a terrorist, why worry? Next up is Sabrina Bowman, the Climate Campaign Organizer for Environmental Defence Canada to talk to us about the "Act On Climate" rally happening in Quebec on April 11th in time with the Premiers meeting. Lastly, our hosts dissect some headlines including the NASA prediction that California will be entirely out of water within the next year. Please consider supporting us! - We are 100% Patreon member funded: www.patreon.com/greenmajority For full listings and more info about this episode with links etc visit: https://greenmajoritymedia.wordpress.com/2015/03/20/444-reject-fear/

The Toronto Water Doc Festival is coming up soon, so this week we talked to Melanie Howe the Water Docs Programmer right off the bat about some of the films and other screenings happening over the next couple weeks. The festival opens with a (free) screening of the powerful 2014 documentary 'Monsoon' by Canadian writer and director Sturla Gunnarsson. After the second break, we speak to Sturla himself about making the documentary and his time in India. Finally, Stefan attempts to bring us some good news to talk about this week, and Kevin and Daryn do their best to ruin his fun with concerns. :D And of course a reminder that if you are in Toronto (or not) our friends over at LeadNow have organized a rally regarding bill C-51 as well as a petition and some other information you should read about the implications of the bill. Please consider supporting us! - We are 100% Patreon member funded: www.patreon.com/greenmajority For full listings and more info about this episode with links etc visit: https://green

Jim Harris, sustainability author and speaker as well as former leader of the Green Party of Canada join us for the first half of the show. Jim speaks about his time with the Green Party, promoting sustainability to big business and the current landscape of Canadian politics. The last question Jim answered in the interview was about the supposed "anti-terror" bill C-51, after his contributions the team jumps in with their thoughts as well. After the second break, we play a clip of Charles Boylan, chair of the Human Rights & International Solidarity Committee of Federation of Post-secondary Educators, Local 21, and a candidate for the Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada, Vancouver South from a gathering against C-51 in Vancouver. Please consider supporting us! - We are 100% Patreon member funded: www.patreon.com/greenmajority For full listings and more info about this episode with links etc visit: https://greenmajoritymedia.wordpress.com/2015/03/06/442-politics-of-fear/

Links to full show post at the bottom! Journalist Krystyna Henke brings us an interview with British climate change communicator George Marshall. He is the author of Don’t Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired To Ignore Climate Change. In the second half, we speak to Max Keogh, a Professional Geoscientst, more formally, a geologist. He has over 7 years of experience in the natural resource sector in Canada, he started his career in industry and has transitioned to work to positively influence environmental sustainability. He has extensive experience working on the front lines with First Nations communities in relation to natural resource mining and oil and gas projects at the permitting and review stage, most recently on the TransMountain Pipeline Expansion project on the west coast. Finally, to wrap up the show Kevin, Stefan and Daryn discuss some recent statements by Justin Trudeau - Liberal Party leader that has environmentalists and progressives alike up in arms, including supporting the contro

One of our best shows in a while without a doubt. The main portion of today's show features an interview with Dr. Bob Willard, speaker and author of several books on the topic of business sustainability. This topic is to some a tired one, businesses speak of sustainability frequently but few of them speak about sustainability in a way that actually matches up to the physical limits of our planet. Dr. Willard is not one of them. Easily one of our favorite guests we've had on in quite some time, I can't recommend this interview enough. In a complete surprise, local Toronto celebrity and professional "rabble rouser", democracy and citizen empowerment agent Dave Meslin just happened to be standing outside the studio during the show. During the final music break I ran out and grabbed him to say a few words about his new project 100 Remedies for Democracy. Please consider supporting us! - We are 100% Patreon member funded: www.patreon.com/greenmajority For full listings and more info about this episode with link

Ann Pohl is a grandmother, and co-founder of the IMW Legal Defence Fund. ​IMW stands for “Iapjiw Maliaptasiktɨtiew Wskwitqamu.” These Mi’kmaq words can be understood ​in English to mean ​”Protecting the Earth for Future ​Generations.“ Ann speaks to us today about working with First Nations groups, victory in NB to ban shale drilling and other stories of a grandmother on the front lines. In the second half, Stefan, Kevin and Daryn discuss the news that Ontario Environment Minister Glen Murray announced that Ontario will be pursuing some form of carbon plan. The hosts discuss the benefits of various ways to put a price on carbon, and some of our concerns, despite this good sounding news. Please consider supporting us! - We are 100% Patreon member funded: www.patreon.com/greenmajority For full listings and more info about this episode with links etc visit: https://greenmajoritymedia.wordpress.com/2015/02/13/439-ontario-pricing-carbon/

Brad Zarnett, founder and president of the Toronto Sustainability Speaker Series begins this weeks show with a post-op on last nights event. The main feature of this episode is an interview with the award winning teacher, author professor emeritus of economics at the University of Toronto David Foot. A highly sought after speaker on demographics and the economic implications there-of. Please consider supporting us! - We are 100% Patreon member funded: www.patreon.com/greenmajority For full listings and more info about this episode with links etc visit: https://greenmajoritymedia.wordpress.com/2015/02/06/438-the-business-of-people/

This week we go back to 1992 to listen to one of the most famous environmental speeches in modern history, Severn Cullis-Suzuki at Rio ’92. Has anything changed? Can it still? Next up, we listen to a fabulous clip of Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party of Canada taking the parliamentary secretary to the minister of the environment – Colin Carrie to task for intentionally trying to mislead Canadians about our own CO2 emissions. Finally, the panel dissects a recent “The Agenda” with Steve Paikin episode “Carbon Commitments” that featured industry mouthpiece Candice Malcolm (Ontario Director) for the strongly suspected astroturf group , Canadian Taxpayers Federation on what could have been a serious discussion on the evolution of a federal carbon regulation system. Why does the CBC keep putting private interests and actual experts next to each other as if they we’re equally valid? Please consider support our work - We are 100% Patreon supported: www.patreon.com/greenmajority For full listings and mor